Customer Guido Weidner eats his vegetarian Curry-wurst at Ziervogels Kult-Curry in Berlin
Customer Guido Weidner eats his vegetarian Curry-wurst at Ziervogels Kult-Curry in Berlin, Germany, April 28, 2015. Germans, known for their love of sausages, are eating less meat and more vegetarian food as concerns grow about health, animal welfare and the environmental cost of livestock farming. Meat consumption is stable or declining in most developed countries but the shift is particularly striking in Germany, Europe's biggest pork producer and home to 1,500 varieties of sausage including Berlin's favorite, the "Curry-Wurst." Mario Ziervogel, whose family has sold sausages in Berlin since 1930, added a soya-based version of the Curry-Wurst to his menu two years ago. Kult-Curry restaurant in eastern Berlin, estimates about 5 percent of sausages it sells are vegetarian.REUTERS/Stefanie Loos